castrating

verb

present participle of castrate
as in undermining
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality a movie version that castrates the hard-hitting novel

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Recent Examples of castrating Under colonial rule hijras were accused of acting as male prostitutes and of kidnapping and castrating children to grow their community. — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for castrating
  1. undermining
  2. draining
  3. weakening
  4. exhausting
  5. wearing
  6. lobotomizing
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  • Continuing to charge purchases, especially on the credit cards that are not enrolled in the plan, adds new interest at the same elevated rates while the original debt is still being resolved — undermining the entire point of the program.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • Nigerian news groups had in March complained to President Bola Tinubu, alleging Alphabet, Meta, and X were among firms whose extraction of content from local publishers was undermining the press industry.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of undermining
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  • Fabricating a purely electromechanical robot at the millimeter scale requires intricate, heavy motors that consume significant power, typically draining tiny batteries within mere minutes of operation.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 July 2026
  • Roses require nutrient-rich, well-draining soil for healthy growth.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 16 July 2026
Definition of draining
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  • The Knesset also recently passed several bills connected with Netanyahu’s attempts to overhaul the judiciary, including increasing government control over broadcast media and weakening the role of the attorney general.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
  • European commitment is weakening, with record Russian LNG purchases and growing pro-Russian political factions.
    — Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of weakening
Verb
  • But there were hero moments here too, the same refusal to lose, the same team-work, the same selfless effort in exhausting physical conditions.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 July 2026
  • The two young women at the center of the chamber piece that is Fruit Gathering face more challenges than hard work in a monotonous environment, including exhausting work, economic uncertainty and social repression.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
Definition of exhausting
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  • Doctors Without Borders health workers wearing personal protective equipment move through the isolated red zone to monitor patients, provide medical care and ensure sanitation at the Ebola Treatment Center in Munigi in Congo on June 2, 2026.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • Rodríguez Castro can be seen wearing a New York Yankees shirt, moving suggestively to driving percussive beats, punctuated by catchy, syncopated vocals.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of wearing
Verb
  • However, new safeguards quickly frustrated AI researchers, who accused the company of intentionally lobotomizing Fable 5.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 11 June 2026
  • Indeed, Calvin is cheerfully lobotomizing a snowman.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of lobotomizing

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